The 2.0 that didn’t exist

“Web 2.0 Tools for Librarians: Description, Demonstration, Discussion, and Debate” MLA Plenary session
A quick wrap up for those who didn’t attend, forgot what really happened, or just need to think about cheeseburgers in a can…
Mark Funk introduces the Funky Bunch….in haikus and pig latin. Sometimes both! I don’t think that’s 2.0 but hey, [...]

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MLA Wednesday: Plenary Session

Sorry for the delay! My husband met me in Chicago after MLA ended. We took the opportunity to celebrate our anniversary and visit family/friends (yeah, we’re from IL if you didn’t guess). So I’m just now trying to catch up, unload, etc.
So the final day of MLA was a Plenary session “Web [...]

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MLA Tuesday: Sessions and Exhibits

I hit up the exhibits…this year I had a purpose!  I am trying to select a few resources to review for JMLA.  What better time to think about it?  I took the opportunity to speak with vendors, grab some information, etc.  I’ve got lots of possibilities.  When I get back in June, I’ll select a [...]

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MLA Monday: Evening Parties

Drinks before the real party
Originally uploaded by radical.librarian

Bob, Wayne, and I started the evening out with a few drinks at the hotel bar while we waited for others to meet us (like Nicole!).

Me, Marie, and Rikke @ the Ovid party

Watching the skyline appear as the day slips away, the drinks start flowing, and the crowd [...]

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MLA Monday: LiME and Janet Doe Lecture

Monday started off with the LiME meeting (where we officially decided that stands for Libraries in Medical Education). Last year I attended their first LiME meeting with around 20 people. This year we had a room full (maybe 40-50?)! So things are coming along. I won’t type up my notes from the meeting as they’ll [...]

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MLA Sunday: Poster Session, Library School Reunion, Sections, and Music

PubMed and EBM Training for Medical Students
Originally uploaded by radical.librarian

Poster session was great fun! We had a ton of interest. I was able to meet a lot of interesting folks. Unfortunately I was unable to discover a potentially better way to administer the quiz to the students. While we got a [...]

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MLA Saturday: CE course, Reception and Dinner

Yesterday I attended the CE course Teaching Clinical Skills to Medical Librarians. I found the information very valuable because as many people in the class put it, when we are often in a situation where acronyms, lab values, etc get thrown around and we get thrown off track.
I’ve taken a Medical Terminology class and this [...]

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Computers in Libraries 2008 wrap up

I’ve had this half draft sitting unpublished in here far too long! Now I’m at MLA08 and need to post on that…so it’s time to set this free…
This year CIL08 was in Arlington, VA. It is usually there though it has been in LA I guess. I’ve wanted to go for the past couple [...]

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